Abax parallelepipedus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the abax parallelepipedus lives – recorded in 13 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Abax parallelepipedus
Group	Beetles
Found in	13 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae

Where does the abax parallelepipedus live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the abax parallelepipedus in 13 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the abax parallelepipedus?

The abax parallelepipedus (Abax parallelepipedus) is an insect in the order Coleoptera and the family Carabidae, genus Abax. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the abax parallelepipedus

Abax parallelepipedus is a species of ground beetle native to Europe, where it is found in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, mainland France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, mainland Italy, Kaliningrad, Latvia (doubtful), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, mainland Norway, Poland, central and southern Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, mainland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. The species is also an introduced species in North America, where it was first detected in 1965. American records are from Atlantic Canada and Jamaica.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Abax parallelepipedus (revision 1325902676), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1303390 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).